Solar Activity Report for 7/10/04

Things are beginning to get a little bit more interesting after the recent doldrums. There are now 4 small sunspot regions visible on the solar disk. At this

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, Jul 10, 2004

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Things are beginning to get a little bit more interesting after the
recent doldrums. There are now 4 small sunspot regions visible on the
solar disk. At this time, none of them apprear to have the ability to
generate a significant flare. Of more interest is what may be an
active sunspot region that is close to rotating into view. It is
glowing fairly brightly in both the ultraviolet and X-ray spectra, and
the background X-ray flux has been rising steadily for the past 24
hours. The Solar Flux Index has risen as well. I will be interesting
to see what comes into view over the next couple of days.